***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Our winner, chosen at random, is Sharon, who hopes to be matched with a piece of art to complete a master bedroom renovation. Congratulations!
Art.com is a well-known source for affordable wall art and prints that help solve Naked Wall Syndrome. We recently picked up a few fun pieces ourselves, and we were excited to team up to give one reader a $250 gift card. To make art shopping easier, Art.com introduced a visual search tool called “Match My Image.” Upload a photo—a fabric swatch, an inspiring picture, or a color palette—and the tool returns curated art options in a similar color scheme and style. It’s designed to help you find artwork that coordinates with your existing decor without hours of searching.
The Match My Image tool can be useful when you’re: matching art to a sofa, finding a print that complements a rug or fabric, pulling tones from a photo to hang nearby, or simply exploring art that shares a mood with an inspiration picture. We tested it with a couple of personal images—a riverside photo taken locally and a small painting created by a family member—and were pleased with the variety of options the search returned. It’s a quick way to jumpstart the process of selecting wall art that truly coordinates with your room.
- PRIZE: One $250 gift card to Art.com
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “MATCH ME!”
- BONUS QUESTION: Tell us whether you’ve ever tried to play matchmaker or if someone has ever tried to match you up. How did that go—was it a success, a disaster, or somewhere in between?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, July 13th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: United States
- USUAL RULES: One entry per email address. The winner was selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to the original post.
Why join this type of giveaway? A gift card to an art retailer is a flexible prize that allows you to choose a piece that fits your space, style, and budget. Whether you’re hunting for a statement print for the living room, a soothing landscape for the bedroom, or a gallery grouping for a hallway, a targeted visual-search tool like Match My Image can speed up the process and reduce guesswork.
If you’re preparing to use a visual-matching tool, here are a few quick tips to get the best results: use a clear photo of the color or texture you want to match; crop to the most relevant area so the algorithm focuses on key tones; and try more than one image or angle to explore different results. You can mix inspiration sources—a favorite pillow, a piece of fabric, or a treasured photo—to discover options you might not have otherwise considered.
Note: We were not paid or otherwise compensated for hosting this giveaway; we run giveaways to thank our readers. See our Giveaway FAQs page for more information. Images referenced in this post are from Art.com.